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Over drive was off.....

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#2 ·
Damn IDK about this one...
 
#3 ·
The Jeep is not going to redline with the overdrive turned off at speeds of 45 mph. That will not hurt anything at all.
 
#4 · (Edited)
I regularly switch O/D off when I want drive the Jeep more aggressively. Been at speeds above 100 mph before with it off without any problems at all, as it doesn't go into 5th gear the revs are naturally higher...

Really not sure why yours would react so badly with o/d off. :confused:
 
#6 ·
im sorry guys i forgot to mention the car was not in Drive position.

(it sort of made sense when i said " i told her to let go the gas and i shifted it back in DRIVE")

i left out that she had the car in shift position 2 instead of Drive.


now does this make more sense. sorry i was in sort of rush this morning when i posted this....

so the car was in shift 2 not regular day to day Drive. and the OD was off.

my engine roared like no tomorrow..... any ideas?

cheers to everyone!
 
#7 ·
Ah got ya now....

Think 80 is nearing the rev limiter for 2nd gear IIRC - I don't use 1st and 2nd gears often. I certainly wouldn't hold it at that speed for long as it'd be revving its nuts off as you said.

Unsure as to what damage you could have done though... Sure someone more knowledgeable will chime in shortly.
 
#8 ·
Sorry, I'm fairly new to Jeep ownership, but from what I've read, doesn't the Wj have an adaptive gearbox that almost sets itself to your style of driving? Perhaps it's just adapting to being "thrashed"? I believe disconnecting the battery for more than 10 minutes puts the box back into learning mode (I may be wrong on this... please don't quote me) then driving as you normally do will get the box working as you wish.

Sam
 
#9 ·
I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but you obviously have no idea about anything mechanical, therefore the best bet for you and your Jeep would be to take it for an inspection by a mechanic. Your description was virtually unreadable to this Aussie, but it seems she accidently left it in 2 instaed of selecting Drive. The Jeep has a rev limiter so it really cannot of hurt anything. Not that it's good for it, but it shouldn't hurt it.
Are you certain when you clicked it back into drive you didn't accidwently do into Reverse for a second? Are you suuuuure?
Regardless, get someone trained to check it out. Won't cost much if anything, and it'll stop you getting a bum steer by guys saying stuff they have no idea about.
 
#10 · (Edited)
its not harsh at all. its pretty blunt but i do appreciate it though. im not technically sound with car vocabulary, thats a given but i managed to get my brief description across to martyp up there. i am certain i didnt come near REVERSE, positive of that one. i just joined a jeep forum to learn about these types of problems, issues, things etc- so any information that all of you provided raised a brow of mine in a good way. last week i scheduled my jeep to go into dealer care for a second recall on heated seats and i guess ill just see what they have to say with out me actually telling them what had happened. im guessing if i told them the actual truth, id would then be denied coverage and thus be raped for any service they would provide.

now i must say when i first bought this jeep all the way up until last night cruising at speeds of 75-100 were effortless and quite comfortable despite the speeds traveling at. it never shook or vibrated or acted remotely weird at any speed i took it on. now last night dramma happens and now im guessing what went wrong.

im still open to any other ideas or things etc.

cheers again.
 
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yea so i spoke to the jeep guys over at the dealership, i set up a appointment with the service dept for my heated seats. while im there i will ask them about the car acting weird at 75- and above...

at first this is what i thought it was in a limp mode but not sure at all..

hell- i even winged it and tried changing the gears going forward and backwards a bunch of times hoping something would just click back into place. using P, R, D,2,1*
but still the same.

again the issue is really at speeds of 75 and above.

those of you who own/owned this Wj- you know how easy and effortless the jeep made it moves at speeds of 75 and above- LIKE BUTTER> now its like cottage cheese! haha- a lil laughter to vent off some steam...

cheers everyone!
 
#16 ·
thanks dreamer1213. any information is helpful esp from WJ owners like your self

let me just reiterate a lil here. ive owned jeeps for over a decade. just never had one that was worth this much (2004 overland) i had a 88 Laredo which i was a teenager didnt really take care of it besides the average teen puts in a vehicle (subs,wheels,dress up stuff- i know haha) then i went to a hand me over 96 Laredo- still never needed anything done to it besides change the oil and stuff. now i own a 2004 WJ overland (which is a beautiful jeep) its more sensitive to anything i ever owned. im going to keep this car for as long as i can and with only 32,000 miles on it...i get worried quicker than usual.

cheers again to everyone, very much enjoy this site!
 
#17 ·
I too love the wj : )

I experienced with my jeep that you could accidentally slip it in between 2nd and drive, which made the tranny slip noticably, so I'd let off the gas slow down to around 2G and then shift it to D, I never had a problem with it other than that and accidentally putting it into 2nd, but I think that erleep is right on with this.
 
#19 ·
first of all- id like to thank EVERYONE for assisting me with my problem with the jeep.

i just got back from the dealership after dropping it off there for routine service/maintenance. also told them to check the car at speeds of 75 and above for the Trans.

its also there for the heated seat recall (J 14) so that part wont be there until thursday so i im looking at at least a week and half with out my baby....

good thing is everyone at this dealership (upstate ny) knows me for quite some time- been going to this dealer for my last two jeeps so it was cake just getting my car bumped up to the front of the line. heheh

while i was there i was drooling over the 2010 SRT8- just looks soo beasty!!! - i look at SRT's like theyre Ferraris! haha
 
#21 · (Edited)
yeah , they said the part comes in on thursday. but in the mean time they are diagnosing the Trans problem.... (even though they bumped me up into the shop_ they said it really wont be worked on until monday for the trans. i had my brother tail me in (my old jeep 96 laredo) all the way upstate so i can leave it there and he drove me back.

i hope its nothing crazzy.

btw free coffee and dougnuts and OJ as you walked in... thats always nice
 
#23 · (Edited)
it doesnt shift as smooth as it use to and it starts to vibrate at 80 like the car kind of feels when you going 110mph but your at 80mph kind of feeling.

one thing i want to add, one time on my trip up there i let go the gas on a 65mph road and the trans did a hiccup. i dunno if thats the correct term to use. the car sort of jerked back- i felt it. any ideas what that was?

btw where is the best place to make a thread for the stuff i already and planning to do to the overland? should i just continue the stuff in here or leave this be after i get the (hopeful) good news in a week and half
 
#25 ·
just got the call from the dealership. my jeep is ready. have not got any details since im at work. but they said they didnt find anything wrong with it- kinda not surprised though. i left it at a upstate dealership (the one i trust) so ill have to wait until friday to pick it up. (cant take off work to get there by 5pm) so only time will tell. they told me they also rebalanced my wheels and lubed up some hot spot. i had lost on set of keys for the car a while ago so i had them make me 2 extra keys (2 keys =160) my total bill is 260 with my 100 deductible.

happy for now. lets see....
 
#26 · (Edited)
picked up my baby from the dealer.

all i got to say is YES!

shes back to normal, i feel like an idiot but my wheels were out of balance. why i dismissed it soo much as an option was it only started to shake at 80. any speed up to 75-80 it was totally smooth though* for some reason i was under the impression if i needed my wheels balanced then it would start to shake at lower speeds than just 80. again my old 96 ZJ needed balancing once but it shook at low speeds like 45, we can forget about anything above that when it needed balancing. again i feel like an idiot. i guess the good news from all this is they didnt find anything wrong with my transmission or engine wise. infact the guy i know there said "you dont see too many 04's with that low of a milage in our shop or at all for that matter" hes a good people so he told me he tweaked some things and also checked around but couldnt find anything. but i told him when i dropped it off that my pedal is not stiff like it use to be, it just whomps soo easily now- he brought it back to how it was when i first drove it off the jeep lot. i dunno how he did it but i like it stiff, and not for nothing but it **TRULY RUNS BETTER**

anyways being happy right now is an understatement.

cheers for all the help support and ideas. appreciated it.
 
#27 ·
Well I'm glad that is was something as simple has a wheels rebalance that made the problem go away. Usually if a wheel needs to be balanced it'll shake worse the faster you go.

Glad that you have you Jeep back and that its running great again! :)
 
#28 ·
So glad you got the problem sorted and it wasn't the engine/tranny after all! Sounds like you've got a nice dealership too which is always good.
 
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